# Deferred tax asset

> Deferred tax asset — Future tax savings from deductible temporary differences and carryforwards, measured at enacted rates.

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**What is deferred tax asset?** In accounting, deferred tax asset means future tax savings from deductible temporary differences and carryforwards, measured at enacted rates.

## Also known as

- DTA

## Words this system refuses for it

- tax refund receivable

- **Category:** Tax
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/11-lexicon)
- **Related:** asset